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Olufemi is the surname of: * John Olufemi (born 1984), Nigerian football (soccer) player *Lola Olufemi, British feminist writer *Oladapo Olufemi (born 1988), Nigerian football (soccer) player *Tosin Olufemi (born 1994), English footballer See also *Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti, known as Femi Kuti (born 1962), Nigerian musician * Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Nigerian-American philosopher * Olufemi Terry, Sierra Leonean writer *Femi Fẹ́mi is a common Nigerian given unisex name of Yoruba origin which means "love me". Femi is most commonly a diminutive form of " Olufemi" (or Olúfẹ́mi) which means ''The Lord loves me'' ,("Olú" means Lord, Leader, or the "Prominent one, ...
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Tosin Olufemi
David Oluwatosin Osho "Tosin" Olufemi (born 13 May 1994) is an English footballer who plays as a winger or full-back for club Haringey Borough. Olufemi progressed through the Colchester United Academy, breaking into the first-team in 2013. He made 26 appearances for Colchester between 2013 and his release in the summer of 2016. He then joined Hayes & Yeading United before joining Haringey Borough, and then to Concord Rangers in 2019. Career Colchester United Born in Hackney, London, Olufemi came through the ranks at Colchester United's Academy, primarily as a winger who could also play at full-back. He began to feature in the clubs' reserve team in 2011, where he scored in a 6–0 win against Stevenage Reserves in their first game of the season on 7 September, helping the side win the last-ever Football Combination North Division title that season. 2012–13 season Alongside fellow Academy products Bradley Hamilton, Drey Wright, Ryan Melaugh and Shaun Phillips, Olufe ...
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Lola Olufemi
Lola Olufemi (; born 1996) is a British writer. She is an organiser with the London Feminist Library, and her writing has been published in many national and international magazines and newspapers. She is the author of ''Experiments in Imagining Otherwise'' and ''Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power'', and the co-editor of ''A FLY Girl's Guide to University: Being a Woman of Colour at Cambridge and Other Institutions of Power and Elitism''. Early life and education Olufemi was born and grew up in London, their family home being in Edmonton. She attended Enfield County School and studied English at Selwyn College, Cambridge. She was the Women's Officer for Cambridge University Students' Union, and one of the facilitator's of FLY, the university's network for women and non-binary people of colour. She completed her PhD in 2024, entitled ''But... The Luminous Tree: The Uses of the Imagination in Resistant Cultural Production''. Her research was funded by the TECHNE AHRC Col ...
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Olufemi Terry
Olufemi Terry is a Sierra Leone-born writer. He won the 2010 Caine Prize for African Writing for his second short story " Stickfighting Days," which was originally published in ''Chimurenga''. The judges said he was "a talent with an enormous future". He hopes to publish his debut novel soon. Life Terry was born in Sierra Leone but grew up in Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the Côte d'Ivoire and studied at a university in New York, United States, before becoming a journalist in both Somalia and Uganda. He now lives in Stuttgart, Germany. He received an MA in creative writing at the University of Cape Town in 2008. On 5 July 2010, Terry won the Caine Prize for African Writing, ahead of such other African writers as Ken Barris (South Africa), Lily Mabura (Kenya), Namwali Serpell (Zambia), and Alex Smith (South Africa). Judges chair and literary editor with ''The Economist'', Fiammetta Rocco, said: Ambitious, brave and hugely imaginative, Olufemi Terry's Stickfighting Days pre ...
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Oladapo Olufemi
Oladapo Olufemi Oluyi (born 5 November 1988) is a Nigerian footballer. He plays as a central or defensive midfielder. Career Olufemi played in Europe for R.S.C. Anderlecht. In July 2007 he moved from the Brussels-based club to Portuguese club Boavista F.C.; He later left and was a free agent. During summer 2009 he went on trial; at IK Start, a Norwegian top-division club, where Solomon Owello was plying his trade. He impressed and was signed on a three-and-a-half-year contract. He signed with Shooting Stars in May 2013, and in December 2013, moved to league rivals Bayelsa United. International career Olufemi represented Nigeria at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and won a silver medal in the football event at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, however he did not appear in the tournament. He earned his first cap for Nigeria in a friendly match against Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African R ...
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John Olufemi
John Olufemi Otuagomah Sfondo (born 7 April 1984 in Lagos) is a Nigerian footballer. Career Olufemi was on loan to Rovigo from Palermo in summer 2006, but in January 2007, he left for Bellinzona. He then transferred to FC Locarno FC Locarno is a Swiss association football, football club based in Locarno in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland. As of the 2019–20 season, Locarno play in the Swiss sixth level, 2. Liga (Switzerland), 2. Liga. His ... in February 2008, in a deal effective as of summer 2008. References 1984 births Living people Nigerian men's footballers Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Palermo FC players Venezia FC players Potenza SC players AC Bellinzona players Rovigo Calcio players FC Locarno players Serie A players Serie B players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Men's association football forwards Footballers from Lagos Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in ...
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Femi Kuti
Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti (born 16 June 1962), popularly known as Femi Kuti, is a Nigerian musician born in London and raised in Lagos. He is the eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and a grandchild of political campaigner, women's rights activist and traditional aristocrat Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. Femi Kuti began his musical career playing in his father's band, Egypt 80. In 1986, Femi started his own band, Positive Force, establishing himself as an artist independent of his father's legacy. Biography Femi Anikulapo Kuti was born in London to Fela and Remilekun (Remi) Ransome-Kuti (née Taylor; 1941-2000), and grew up in the former Nigerian capital, Lagos. His mother soon left his father, taking Femi to live with her. In 1977, however, Femi chose to move in with his father. Femi started playing the saxophone at the age of 15 and eventually became a member of his father's band. He studied at Baptist Academy and Igbobi College. Like his father, Femi has made commi ...
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